001 Ovako ...

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Ovako …

Ovako: Like this, do it like this, (in) this way.

Here's an example of how ovako is used, for context:

Nevenka: Ivane, koji je najbolji put do glavnog kolodvora?   [Ivan, which is the best way to the main station?]

Ivan: Ovako .... Idi ravno Jurišićevom sve dok ne dođeš do Praške, pa onda skreni lijevo.   [It's like this ... Go straight along Jurišićeva ulica until you come to Praška, and then turn left.]


Or, perhaps ......

                         Goran:    Ivane, vidi kako to pokušavam raditi.   [Ivan, see how I am trying to do it.]
                          Ivan:     Ma ne tako, Gorane. Ovako ... .    [Not like that, Goran. Like this ...]

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But ovako is used more widely than to just indicate how something is done: for example, to indicate what you are thinking, to mean something like "it goes like this": Imam pitanje za tebe. Ovako ...... Zašto izlazi sunce svako jutro?

or .....

Marija: Stjepan, moram ti reći nešto. Ovako, ......


Just throw in "ovako" whenever you stop for a breath, and you will seem like the real thing!

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